The Hilton Hotel in San Francisco was, and will continue through tomorrow, to be a bastion of information regarding space technology and an investment forum.

This program is presented by Space Foundation which holds a by-invitation gathering of some of the most innovative, insightful and visionary professionals from the entrepreneurial and investment sectors of space and technology.

Steve Eisenhart, Sr. Vice President - Strategic & International Affairs Space Foundation began the morning as the master moderator.

Elliot Pulham, CEO of Space Foundation was part of the morning session with the subject matter Understanding the Global Space Economy: An Overview for Stakeholders.

The forum started today, Wednesday, September 30th, and continues through Thursday, October 1st.

Chad Anderson, Managing Director
Space Angels Network

A crowd of approximately 100 senior executives attended and were lucky to experience some very thoughtful and interesting discussions. After brief introductions, Chad Anderson, the Managing Director of Space Angels Network, made an enlightening presentation on the over 17 billion dollars of non-government space investments that have occurred over the last ten years.

After Mr. Anderson's session, Who Is Investing in Space and Why? a discussion on Smart Strategies for Emerging Space Markets was moderated by Ioana Cozmuta, Ph.D. Industry Innovation Lead of NASA Ames Research moderated Smart Strategies for Emerging Space Markets.

The next panel, Assessing the Market Segments, was moderated by Ken Davidian, Director of Research from the FAA, and was an excellent analysis of why new space is becoming so important.

Again the panelists were Dr. Greg Autry, Assistant Professor of Clinical Entrepreneurship with the Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California; and Jeffrey Lassiter, Chief Financial Officer SolAero Technologies Corporation.

Steve Jurvetson, Partner Draper
Fisher Jurvetson

Steve Jurvetson, partner of Draper, Fisher, Jurvetson who was the featured/keynote speaker gave an in-depth speech, which looked at breaking technologies. Mr. Jurvetson was involved in various venture capital funding activities. His current board responsibilities include SpaceX, Synthetic Genomics and Tesla Motors (TSLA). He was the founding VC investor in Hotmail, Interwoven (IWOV), Kana (KANA) and NeoPhotonics (NPTN). He also led DFJ's investments in other companiePreviously, he was an R&D engineer at Hewlett-Packard, where seven of his communications chip designs were fabricated. His most impression bio continues here.

Bruce D. Kraselsky, Managing Dir. Space Partnership Intl

The Forum continued in the afternoon with the topic of Risk Assessment and Management— Insuring the Future. The moderator was Bruce D. Kraselsky Managing Director Space Partnership International.